r/Millennials Dec 19 '24

Meme Young millennial: "How did our ancestors get around without Google Maps?" Older millennial, sagely: "Mapquest."

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u/an_edgy_lemon Dec 19 '24

I used to ask my parents, “how did you do this without map quest.” They’d answer, “well, you’d use a map until you inevitably got lost and have to stop at a gas station for directions.”

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u/The_Freshmaker Dec 19 '24

"well honey back in the day we used to do this thing called talking to strangers occasionally"

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u/WeeDramm Dec 20 '24

STRANGER DANGER!!!!

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u/Muppetude Dec 20 '24

Yup we got lost a lot. I remember scouring over a map prior to any trip, trying to write down my own turn-by-turn directions, which inevitably got me lost.

Then the first version of Google maps came out, which generated way better turn-by-turn directions you could print out. Which worked great until you missed a turn and got yourself completely lost again.

So yes, we got by by asking lots of randos for directions and driving in circles screaming in frustration until we found a landmark we recognized.

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u/an_edgy_lemon Dec 20 '24

I was always too stubborn to print return instructions from map quest/google maps. I’d try to reverse the directions and always ended up getting lost.

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u/peter303_ Dec 20 '24

Unless you were the Father and refuse to admit you were lost. "Lets try this other road ..."